Author: Scott Westerman

Before enlightenment chop wood and carry water.After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. – Wu Li

Scott and Colleen (Albuquerque, NM): We voted early and by absentee ballot. Colleen took our paperwork into the clerk’s office the first day that early voting was allowed. Even then there were lines. But not for us absentee folks. The atmosphere was festive, people were patient, talking with one another and generally in a good…

October 31, 2004Colleen and I went to the scariest house in Clinton, Iowa on Halloween night.It was cloudy and cool but warm enough for a great turn-out. Tinker Bells, miniature firemen, ghouls and ghosts were in evidence on 11th Avenue South as we climbed the hill toward Cari and Brian’s house.Cari is a numbers person…

From a post on May 31, 2004. Apripos for this season of elections, economic uncertainty and change.“For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of a triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and…

My first 45: Limbo Rock by Chubby Checker. My first LP: Shut Down Vol II by the Beach Boys. LPs who’s grooves I wore out with repeated play: Crosby, Stills & Nash, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Earth, Wind & Fire. The number of LPs and 45s in my library now: 672Remember the sound of…

Since The Queen is a dyed in the wool fitness freak, it was only a matter of time until the acquisition of a Nintendo Wii Fit moved to the top of my honey-do list.We’ve had the game system (our first since we bought the original Nintendo way, way back when) for a couple of weeks.…

With Colleen traveling and a rare rainstorm inundating Albuquerque, I’ve been cleaning up my home office. I found a piece I wrote in 1989, about my un-spectacular start in radio. Looking back at it from almost 20 years later, the writing isn’t as good as I’d like, but since the detail is starting to fade,…

I rarely write here in my day-job role as a Comcast exec. The family blog expresses a few of my other passions. But I saw this post over at the Consumerist today and felt like sharing another opinion. I posted the following in the comment section, but since some folks don’t get all the way…

TweetLater is one of the growing number of support applications that can help us leverage twitter as a messaging machine. Here’s how to use it.Signup for a free account at www.tweetlater.comYou’ll see a dashboard where you can add one or more of your twitter accounts to the system. Adding an account is as simple as…

Those of us who have been geeking for many years have built a portfolio of memberships that sometimes become unwieldy.I have six instant messaging accounts: AOL, GoogleTalk, Yahoo, ICQ, MSN and Jabber. Same story on email. Gmail is my primary, but I get stuff through Comcast.net, Yahoo, MSN and my half dozen websites, all of…